Psalm Xxxiii: Rejoice, Ye Righteous Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE CGAH IJIJ KLKL MNMN AOCO PQPQ RSRS TUVU WGWG XOXORejoice ye righteous in the Lord | A |
This work belongs to you | B |
Sing of his name his ways his word | C |
How holy just and true | B |
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His mercy and his righteousness | D |
Let heav'n and earth proclaim | E |
His works of nature and of grace | F |
Reveal his wondrous name | E |
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His wisdom and almighty word | C |
The heav'nly arches spread | G |
And by the Spirit of the Lord | A |
Their shining hosts were made | H |
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He bid the liquid waters flow | I |
To their appointed deep | J |
The flowing seas their limits know | I |
And their own station keep | J |
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Ye tenants of the spacious earth | K |
With fear before him stand | L |
He spake and nature took its birth | K |
And rests on his command | L |
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He scorns the angry nations' rage | M |
And breaks their vain designs | N |
His counsel stands through ev'ry age | M |
And in full glory shines | N |
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Blessed is the nation where the Lord | A |
Hath fixed his gracious throne | O |
Where he reveals his heav'nly word | C |
And calls their tribes his own | O |
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His eye with infinite survey | P |
Does the whole world behold | Q |
He formed us all of equal clay | P |
And knows our feeble mould | Q |
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Kings are not rescued by the force | R |
Of armies from the grave | S |
Nor speed nor courage of a horse | R |
Can the bold rider save | S |
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Vain is the strength of beasts or men | T |
To hope for safety thence | U |
But holy souls from God obtain | V |
A strong and sure defense | U |
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God is their fear and God their trust | W |
When plagues or famine spread | G |
His watchful eye secures the just | W |
Among ten thousand dead | G |
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Lord let our hearts in thee rejoice | X |
And bless us from thy throne | O |
For we have made thy word our choice | X |
And trust thy grace alone | O |
Isaac Watts
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